Table 7 Keys to success for OHNS boot camps.
Boot camp Feature | Suggestions |
|---|---|
Format | One to Seven-day camp |
Participants | PGY-1 or PGY-2 (junior learners) |
Instructors | Multidisciplinary instructors (combined OHNS/Anesthesia/Emergency Medicine) |
Curriculum: Boot camp objectives | 1. Recognize and triage typical OHNS emergencies: airway obstruction and management (infectious obstruction, foreign body, airway bleeding), post-operative bleeding, epistaxis, post-operative medical complications, neck trauma, blocked tracheostomy, and flexible nasal endoscopy 2. Use systematic assessment and management principles taught through ALS and ATLS 3. Perform basic emergency management skills 4. Communicate effectively with the team |
Curriculum: Content | Didactic Component  Traditional lecture styles focused on approach and management of typical OHNS emergencies (as above) Task trainer stations  Airway: BMV, tracheal intubation, microlaryngoscopy/bronchoscopy, flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy  Surgical techniques and care: basics of surgical instruments, cricothyroidotomy, tracheostomy, tracheostomy tube change  Presentation specific management: epistaxis, post tonsillectomy bleed, PTA High yield simulation stations  OHNS-specific simulation: Airway obstruction (post thyroidectomy hematoma, infectious angioedema), epistaxis, post tonsillectomy bleed  General team-based simulation: postoperative safe handoff, post-operative medical complications (post-obstructive pulmonary edema, post-operative stroke) |
Feedback | Facilitation of a safe learning environment with emphasis on resident experience Structured written feedback  Preparation (assessment of situation), clinical reasoning, knowledge, technical skills82 (see Amin et al.) Simulation feedback  Structured debrief and feedback on performance immediately post session |
Beyond Boot camp | Base boot camp within other welcoming to the profession activities/institutional rituals (welcome Barbeque, resident retreat etc.) |